THE MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY IN BANSKÁ BYSTRICA

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1 THE MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY IN BANSKÁ BYSTRICA STUDY REGULATIONS OF THE MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY IN BANSKÁ BYSTRICA FOR STUDENTS OF THE STUDY PROGRAMMES ACCREDITED BY 1 JANUARY 2013 No..: 4910/2013 No..: R-PPgČ Banská Bystrica, 3 April 2013

2 The Academic Senate of the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (hereinafter referred to as the AS of the MBU) in accordance with Article 9 Paragraph 1 Letter b) in connection with Article 15 Paragraph 1 Letter b) of Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Universities and amending certain laws, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the Act on Universities) approved the study regulations of the Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica (hereinafter referred to as the MBU) as its internal regulation. BASIC PROVISIONS Article 1 Introductory Provision (1) The Study Regulations determine organising and implementing the credit system to the MBU students and faculties with the accredited programmes in accordance with the Act on Universities issued by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the SR No. 614/2002 Coll. on the Credit System of Studies, as amended, and determines the conditions for the study at the MBU in accordance with the Act on Universities. Part I SPECIALISATIONS, STUDY PROGRAMMES, STUDY PLANS Article 2 Specialisation (1) Specialisation is the area of knowledge that can be the subject of university education in any of its three degrees. Within the specialisation, the university provides the study programmes that create the profiles of graduates for the needs of experience and further education. (2) Study programmes may be carried out also in combination of two specialisations. Specialisations within a combined study are represented approximately equally and each of the courses is given at least 2/5 of the content of the study programme. Article 3 Study Programme (1) The specialisation, in which the university education will be completed by passing the study programme, or a combination of specialisations, shall be acquired by studying in

3 accordance with accredited study programme (Article 83 Paragraph 1 of the Act on Universities) in this specialisation or a combination of specialisations. Study programme is more precisely defined in Article 51 Paragraph 4 of the Act on Universities. (2) Study programme is a set of subjects, which consists of educational activities, which are mainly lectures, seminars, tutorials, theses, project works, laboratory works, training courses, excursions, professional experience, state examinations, their combinations and a set of rules prepared in a way that the successful completion of these educational activities whilst maintaining the given rules allow students to attain university education. (3) If the MBU provides a full-time study programme in its entirety in a language other than the official language and at the same time in the academic year, when a student enrolled in the study, no other public university was enrolling for the full-time study programme of the relevant degree in the same field of study, provided also in Slovak language, the obligation to reimburse the tuition does not arise. If, in the given academic year, the MBU or another public university admitted students for the study programme of the relevant degree in the same field of study provided in official and other than official language, the obligation to reimburse the tuition for each academic year does arise for the student, who has enrolled for the study programme provided in other than official language. (4) The content of the study programme corresponds with at least 3/5 of the content of the study field. Bachelor's study programme is designed for students to be awarded university education after their successful completion, in which the core of their knowledge is expressed by 135 out of 180 credits. Master's/ engineer's study programme is designed for students to be awarded university education after their successful completion, in which the core of their knowledge is expressed by 72 out of 120 credits. (5) Doctoral study programme consists of study and scientific parts. The study part of doctoral study programme (60/80 credits in three-year/four-year standard length of full-time study) consists mainly of lectures, seminars and individual study of professional literature necessary because of dissertation thesis specialisation. Scientific part of doctoral study (120/160 credits in three-year/four-year standard length of full-time study) consists of a student s individual or team scientific work linked to the theme of dissertation thesis. (6) Final thesis is a part of the study in each study programme, and together with its defence constitutes one subject. With the approval of a study programme guarantor the thesis may be written and defended in a language other than the official language. In this case it includes an abstract written in the official language.

4 (7) Study programmes are provided at the faculties if they are professionally and administratively arranged by them. Proposal for joint study programmes and study programmes, which are provided at the faculties, is the subject to approval procedure made by the Scientific Board of the faculties. Joint university study programme and study programmes provided at the MBU are the subject to approval procedure made by the Scientific Board at the MBU after discussion with the Scientific Board of the relevant faculty. If the agenda of the Scientific Board's meeting at the MBU/faculty is the record of study programmes, recommended study plans or changes concerning accredited study programmes, at least one of the students representative appointed by the members of the MBU/faculty Academic Senate participates at the MBU/faculty Scientific Board meeting. (8) Study programmes are carried out in the following three degrees: a) study programme of the first degree is Bachelor s study programme (hereinafter referred to as "Bachelor s studies"), b) study programme of the second degree is Master s study programme (hereinafter referred to as "Master s studies") or Engineer's study programme (hereinafter referred to as "Engineer's studies"), c) study programme of the third degree is Doctoral study programme (hereinafter referred to as "Doctoral studies"), Article 4 Bachelor's Study Programme (1) The Bachelor's study programmes focus on the acquisition of knowledge based on the current state of scientific or artistic knowledge. Professionally oriented Bachelor's study programmes focus on the management and the use of knowledge while exercising the profession. Academically oriented Bachelor's study programmes focus on the continuation of the second degree studies. (2) Graduates of Bachelor's study programmes receive the first level university education. (3) The standard length of study for Bachelor's study programme including professional experience is a) at least three up to four academic years in the full-time form of study, b) at least three up to five academic years in the external form of study. Bachelor's studies shall not exceed the standard length by more than two years (Article 65 Paragraph 2 of the Act on Universities).

5 (4) Graduates of Bachelor's studies shall be awarded the academic degree "Bachelor of Arts" ("B.A."). Article 5 Master's / Engineer's Study Programmes (1) Master's/engineer's study programmes focus on the acquisition of theoretical and practical knowledge based on the current state of scientific or artistic knowledge, and to develop the ability of creative application in exercising their profession or to continue studying at the university in Doctoral study programme. (2) The standard length for the second-degree study programme including professional experience is: a) at least three and maximum four academic years in full-time study form, b) at least three and maximum four academic years in external study form. Master's/Engineer's study shall not exceed the standard length by more than two years (Article 65 Paragraph 2 of the Act on Universities). (3) Graduates of Master's/Engineer's study programmes receive university education of the second level. Graduates of Master's degree programme are awarded the academic title "Master of Arts" ("M.A."). Graduates of Engineer's study programme are awarded the academic title "Engineer" ("Ing."). (4) Graduates of study programmes, who received the title "Magister" or similar study programmes abroad, may undergo the rigorous examination, which also includes the defence of the rigorous thesis in the field of study in which they acquired university education or in a related field of study. After their successful passing the MBU awards them with the academic degree: a) in natural-sciences study programmes "Doctor of Natural Sciences" ("RNDr.") b) in social-sciences and artistic study programmes "Doctor of Philosophy" ("PhDr.") c) in legal study programmes "Doctor of Law" ("JUDr.") d) in lecturer's study programmes and physical-educational study programmes "Doctor of Paedeutics" ("PaeDr.") e) in theological study programmes in addition to their study programmes in the field of Catholic Theology "Doctor of Theology" ("ThDr."). Article 6 Doctoral Study Programme

6 (1) Doctoral study programme focuses on the acquisition of knowledge, based on the current state of internationally accepted scientific knowledge and a student's own particular contribution to it, which is the result of scientific research and independent creative activity in the field of science and arts. (2) Standard length of Doctoral study is: a) in full-time study form three (180 credits) or four (240 credits) academic years, b) in external study form four academic years (180 credits) or five academic years (240 credits). Doctoral study must not exceed its standard length by more than two years (Article 65 Paragraph 2 of the Act on Universities). (3) Doctoral study is carried out according to an individual study plan under the guidance of a supervisor. Studies of the third degree study programmes consist of study and scientific parts. Study plan is compiled by a supervisor and submitted to the Doctoral (joint Doctoral) Board for approval. (4) Doctoral studies in full-time study form also contain teaching activities or other pedagogical activities related to the pedagogical activities of not more than four hours a week on average for the academic year, in which the education takes place. (5) Proper completion of Doctoral studies requires passing the dissertation examination and the dissertation thesis defence which forms a part of the state examination. (6) Graduates of Doctoral studies receive the third degree of university education. A graduate of Doctoral studies is awarded the academic title "Doctor" ("Doctor of Philosophy", "PhD"). Article 7 Joint Degree Programme (1) The MBU can provide the study programme of the first, second or third degree in cooperation with other universities, including the universities outside the territory of the Slovak Republic. (2) Joint study programme is based on agreement of two or more universities in accordance with the Act on Universities (Article 54a and Article 83 Paragraphs 18, 19 and 20). a) on the territory of the Slovak Republic, if cooperating universities have granted the right to provide study programmes in the fields of study based on a joint study programme with identical degree, form and the standard length of study;

7 b) outside the territory of the SR, combination of two or more study programmes in maximum of two fields of study equivalent to university education of the relevant level, related to the content of the relevant field of study; provided in the same form of study; each cooperating university shall be entitled to provide university education in the study programmes/fields, in which the joint study programme takes place. c) as a new study programme which shall meet the criteria for accreditation necessary for granting the rights. (3) Terms of cooperation shall be stated in the agreement of cooperating universities. The agreement shall specify in particular the conditions for admission to the study programme, the conditions for its completion, and the details of its organisation and the academic degree award, and the details necessary for completion of study. (4) Students admitted to study the joint study programme during their study are students of all cooperating universities. This does not apply for any statistical and budgetary purposes, when a student is considered to be the student of the university providing education in the relevant parts of their study (Article 51 Paragraph 2 of the Act on Universities). Article 8 Recommended Study Plan (1) Study plan determines the time and the content sequence of the subjects for students. (2) The MBU/faculty determines recommended study plan for each study programme compiled in a way to allow students to meet the conditions for the successful completion of their study in the standard length of passing it. (3) Recommended study plan is represented by the names of compulsory and compulsory elective subjects, the number of credits for subjects of the given study programme, the number of hours per week for full-time studies, fundamental educational activities and their number of hours per week, recommended semester for their studies, and the name of the guarantor of the subject. (4) The full-time study form is organised the way that under the recommended study plan complying the study programme in terms of the time consumption of students work, their study represents 1800 hours per academic year, including independent and individual creative activities accounting for 30 hours per credit. (5) The external study form is organised the way that under the recommended study plan complying the study programme in terms of the time consumption of students work, their

8 study represents 1440 hours per academic year, including independent and individual creative activities accounting for 30 hours per credit. (6) Based on the terms of the recommended study plan, students compile their personal study plans. The study plans of students of Bachelor's and Master's/Engineer's studies specify time and content sequence of subjects of their study programme. Study plans are compiled gradually by students themselves in collaboration with their tutors, by registering subjects for each of the semesters and years of study. (7) The Doctoral candidate's study plan contains, in particular: a) the list of subjects to be passed in a study part of Doctoral studies; number of hours and credits in semesters as well as the guarantor of the subject, b) the list of essential and recommended study literature, c) the dates of assessment and the date of dissertation examination, d) the date of dissertation thesis defence, e) passing specialised courses, participating at study visits in Slovakia and abroad, as well as at scientific conferences and workshops, f) Doctoral candidates involvement in scientific and research activities, g) expected publications of a Doctoral candidate. Part II STUDY AT THE MBU Article 9 Admission to Study (1) Students have the right to enrol in the selected study programmes at the MBU, if they meet the conditions for admission in accordance with Article 56 of the Act on Universities and other conditions under Article 57 Paragraph 1 of the Act on Universities provided by the MBU or by the faculty, the conditions stated in the agreement according to Article 54a Paragraphs 1, 2, the conditions according to Article 58a Paragraphs 1, 4.. According to Article 56 Paragraph 1 for admission to Bachelor's study programme any additional conditions defined by the MBU or the faculty in terms of content cannot exceed applicants knowledge provided by full secondary education or full secondary comprehensive education. (2) The essential condition for admission to the second degree of studies (Article 53 Paragraph 1 of the Act on Universities) is full completion of the first level of university

9 education, with the total number of credits earned/recognised for the previous studies is at least 180 credits. (3) The fundamental condition for admission to Doctoral studies is full completion of the second degree of university education, with the total number of credits earned/recognised for the previous studies of the first and the second levels (or the joint study programme) equals at least 300 credits. (4) The MBU or the faculty (whichever provides the study programme) shall publish the deadline to submit the application forms and conditions of the admission procedure sufficiently in advance, not later than by 20th September of any academic year preceding the academic year in which studies begin, in case of Bachelor's study programmes or the study programmes according to Article 53 Paragraph 3 of the Act on Universities, and concerning other study programmes not later than two months prior to the last day of submitting the application forms,. (5) For applicants, the admission procedure begins with delivering the written application form to study at the MBU or the faculty providing study programmes. The application form may be sent in the electronic way without the advanced electronic signature, using the MBU academic information system (hereinafter referred to as AIS). The applicant must provide details in accordance with Article 58 Paragraph 3 of the Act on Universities. (6) Applicants, who fail to prove meeting the essential conditions for admission to study at the time of verifying compliance with the conditions for admission, may be accepted under the condition to demonstrate compliance with the essential conditions to study no later than on the date specified to enrol for the study. (7) The Dean of the faculty decides on the admission of applicants to study in programmes provided by the faculty. The Dean's decision of refused admission to study may change if the decision made proves to be violating the Act on Universities, internal regulations and conditions of the admission procedure at the faculty/the MBU. Otherwise, the Dean shall forward the request for inspection of the result on the admission procedure submitted by applicants to the Rector of the MBU (Article 58 Paragraph 8 of the Act on Universities). The Dean of the faculty decides on the admission of applicants to study in joint university study programmes provided by the faculty. The Rector's decision on the rejection to accept applicants to study in joint university study programmes and study programmes provided by the MBU, may be changed by the Academic Senate of the MBU.

10 (8) In addition to the provisions of this article and the provisions of Article 54 Paragraphs 5 to 7 of the Act on Universities apply for the admission procedure to study in Doctoral study programmes. (9) Conditions for admission to study in study programmes at the MBU/the faculty and organising the admission procedure are approved by the Academic Senate of the MBU/the Academic Senate of the faculty (hereinafter referred to as the AS of the faculty). (10) The admission notification entitles applicants to enrol in studies. Their right shall expire, if they have negatively answered the question laid by the MBU or the faculty (Article 58 Paragraph 9, Article 59 Paragraph 3 of the Act on Universities), whether they enrolled for the study or failed to respond within the stipulated term. (11) An applicant becomes a student on the date of enrolment in studies. The rights and obligations of students shall be governed by Article 70 and Article 71 of the Act on Universities. (12) In accordance with Article 73 of the Act on Universities, the MBU administers the register of students. The Register of students is a non-public information system provided and administered by the MBU. The Central register of students is used to register students who completed their studies at universities (Article 73a of the Act on Universities), which is provided and administered by the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the SR. (13) For the certain period of study, usually one semester, the MBU may accept a student from another university, including any university located outside the territory of the Slovak Republic and the third country university, without any admission procedure in accordance with terms of their exchange programme or by contract (agreement) between the host university and the home university. The MBU/the faculty provides students with student cards or other documents confirming their membership at the MBU/the faculty. Article 10 10Enrolment in Studies (1) Dates, places and methods for enrolment shall be determined and published by the MBU/the faculty to the students admitted to study at the MBU/the faculty. (2) If a student does not sign into the next period of study or after any interruption fails to reenrol the MBU or the faculty shall prompt the student in writing to come and enrol within ten working days of receipt of the prompt.

11 (3) If the student after receiving the prompt does not enrol within the given period for enrolment, and does not request extending the period due to medical reasons preventing him/her to come for enrolment, the date by which the student should enrol into the next study period, or in which he/she was to re-enrol, shall be deemed to be the date when the student left the study. (4) Based on a student's written request, the Dean of the faculty may accept a student for enrolment to the study programme of the relevant degree in the same field of study or in the related field of study at the MBU or any other university in accordance with the conditions set out in the study regulations of the faculty. ((5) The written request shall be submitted by the student after his/her study requirements for the whole academic year have been fulfilled before the beginning of the following academic year. Along with the request the students are obliged to provide the statement of his/her study records, the confirmation of his/her study and other documents required by the faculty. In case of students admitted in the 1 st year of study, the application shall be enclosed with the notification of acceptance to study. Based on the Dean s consent the faculty shall decide on the application of the MBU student or the student of any other university to be enrolled in the study within 30 days from the receipt. (6) In accordance with Paragraph 4 of this Article the date on which the student becomes a student of the faculty, which he/she has enrolled in and his/her previous study is considered to be left on the day preceeding the day of enrolment. The faculty, where the student has enrolled for the study, is obliged to announce this matter within 3 working days to the faculty, where the student has left the study. (7) Applicants for the study who have completed their previous level of education abroad are obliged in accordance to Article 106 of the Act on Universities or Act No, 245/2008 on Education and Training (Education Act) to submit the recognition of evidence of formal qualifications acquired outside the territory of the Slovak Republic. Applicants adopted to study are obliged to submit the decision on the recognition of evidence of formal qualifications no later than on the date of enrolment for the study.de 5/2008 on Article 11 Credit System (1) The organisation of all the degrees and forms of university education at the MBU is based on the credit system. The credit system uses collection and transfer of credits. It allows

12 assessment of the student's workload of completing the course using credits in accordance with the study programme guidelines. (2) Credits are numerical values allocated to the courses, expressing the amount of work the student is required to do in order to acquire the given results of education. (3) The standard student's workload for the whole academic year in full-time study form is represented by 60 credits, which means 30 credits per semester. The standard student's workload for the entire academic year in the external study form is represented by 48 credits. (4) Credits must be obtained for mandatory, compulsory elective and elective subjects of the structure prescribed by the study programme. (5) The collection of credits means the numbers of credits obtained for the successful passing of courses in one study programme. The credits earned are added up: a) within the study in study programme in case of its proper completion, b) within study at any other faculty of the MBU, c) within study at any other university in the Slovak Republic, or any university outside the territory of the Slovak Republic, which is formally secured by the necessities of the credit transfer according to the decree on the credit system of studies. (6) The completion of study at another university is formally subject to: a) the application for the exchange study, b) the study agreement, c) the statement of study records. (7) The study agreement between the student, the home university and the host university is closed before the student s enrolment at the host university. A part of the study agreement is the student s recommended study plan at the host university approved by the coordinators of the credit system studies. Article 12 Registration of Subjects (1) By registering subjects students determine what part of the requirements prescribed by their study programme, they would like to complete within the next period of their study, which the enrolment refers to, and the number of credits they may get for their successful completion in the given period in order to meet the conditions to continue in their study. (2) During the first year of the first and the second levels of full-time study programme, students workload for the entire academic year is represented by the number of 60 credits. To proceede to the next part of their studies students are obliged to complete the subjects with a total value of at least 40 credits. During the first year of the first and second levels of the full-

13 time study programme students workload for the entire academic year is expressed at most by 60 credits. To proceede to the next part of their studies students are obliged to complete the subjects with a total value of at least 32 credits. During the last year of the university studies the students may also register smaller number of credits, if this number is sufficient for the proper completion of their study programme. (3) During one year of full-time study programme students may register subjects with a total value of at most 90 credits. Up to a maximum of 48 credits in one academic year in external study, the credits earned for the study duties transferred from the previous academic year shall not be included. The number of credits shall not be included for the subjects, which after the students enrolment were recognised on the basis of their successful completion in their previous study. (4) The registration of subjects by students of Doctoral studies is governed by the directive on Doctoral studies at the MBU. (5) When students register and do not pass their compulsory subject, they may re-register within their study of the current level of studies. After the second unsuccessful attempt to pass their compulsory subject the student is expelled from their studies. (6) When the students registered and did not pass their compulsory elective subject, they may re-register or choose another subject from the other compulsory elective subjects on offer. After the second unsuccessful attempt to pass their compulsory subject students are expelled from their studies. Exclusion from the studies due to the repeated unsuccessful passing of compulsory elective subject shall not apply when students, within the given study programme, earned the required number of credits for compulsory subjects. (7) Students may re-register elective subjects after their unsuccessful completion or they may register another elective subject instead. When students earned a sufficient number of credits for elective subjects, they are not obliged to register any of the elective subjects. (8) If students choose another subject instead of failed compulsory elective or elective subject, the rule on possibility to pass each subject twice is applied. Article 13 Forms and Methods of Study (1) Study programmes can be provided with full-time study or external study. Both forms are equivalent and equal in terms of content. (2) Educational activities according to Art. 3 Par. 2 of this document may be provided by the attendance, the distance, or the combined methods. The attendance method is based on teaching with direct contact of lecturers with students. The distance method replaces direct

14 contact between lecturers and students with communication through communication media, particularly computer networks. The combined method is combination of the attendance and the distance methods. (3) The same educational methods are used in full-time and external forms of study programme. Any necessary differences between implementing full-time and external forms of study programmes should not have any negative impact on learning results. Part III STUDY ORGANISATION Article 14 Academic Year Organisation (1) The academic year starts on the 1 st September of common calendar year and ends on the 31 st August of the following year. (2) Study in one academic year is divided into winter and summer semesters and a period of holidays. Each semester is divided into the educational part and the period for completion of the study duties. One semester usually provides 13 weeks of education and the period for completing study duties lasting no more than 5 weeks. (3) The Rector, after agreement with the Deans, announces the timing schedule for the academic year uniformly for the MBU and its faculties. Article 15 Course of Study 1. Students are given lectures, seminars and are examined by professors, associate professors and assistant professors with the third degree university education, research and artistic workers, and with the consent of the Dean, by assistant professors, assistants and specialists with experience in Slovakia and abroad. Lectures in mandatory subjects "the core of knowledge" of study programme are guaranteed and given by professors or associate professors and with the consent of the guarantor of the subject. The selected lectures of mandatory subjects may be given by assistant professors with the third degree university education, including specialists with experience. 2. Attendance in educational activities and assessment conditions shall be governed by the decision of the subject guarantor, in conjunction with the study programme guarantor. 3. Each subject lasts for one semester and has its code and name. The basic data of the subject is given in the information sheet. The information sheet is drawn up and updated

15 by the subject guarantor and approved by the study programme guarantor. Information sheets are included in the offered study programmes and are enclosed in the summary information about the study. 4. At the beginning of each semester the lecturer specifies to students the information contained in the subject information sheet, in particular the subject syllabus, a list of the literature to study, forms and deadlines for the interim and the final assessments and other requirements for successful passing of the subject. 5. Students can use consultancy hours (at least 2 hours per week), which are announced and published by each lecturer. 6. Subjects included in the study programme are divided into: a) mandatory passing them is a prerequisite for successful completion of a certain part of study or the whole study programme (in Bachelor s study at the maximum of 75% of number of credits, in Master's/Engineer s study and in Doctoral study at the maximum of 60% of number of credits) b) compulsory elective - a prerequisite for the successful completion of a part of the study or the whole study programme is to earn the set number of credits for these subjects according to the student s choice in the structure set by the study programme (in Bachelor s study at the minimum of 15% of number of credits, in Master's/Engineer s study and in Doctoral study at the minimum of 25% of number of credits) c) elective - other subjects set for a particular degree of the study offered by the faculty, other faculties in the MBU or other universities students can register at in order to complete their studies and obtain the sufficient number of credits in a part of their study (in Bachelor s study at the minimum of 10% of number of credits, in Master's/Engineer s study and in Doctoral study at the minimum of 15% of number of credits) 7. Students registered at the study programme can complete mandatory and compulsory elective subjects of the study programme exclusively at the MBU/the faculty (apart from the recognition of subjects according to the faculty study regulation) and within a part of the study completed at another university based on the study contract (agreement). 8. Bachelor s and Master s theses are supervised by professors, associate professors, assistant professors with the third degree university education and specialists with experience. Bachelor s theses can also be supervised by lecturers with the second degree university education. Dissertation theses are supervised by the university lecturers in the positions of professors and associate professors.

16 9. The Dean of the faculty decides on the recognition of subjects or the transfer of credits and grades based on the internal regulations of the faculty. The completion of the subject in the context of academic mobility (e.g. The Erasmus programme), for which a student was sent by the faculty is recognised on the basis of the statement of the study records. The statement becomes a part of the student s personal study documentation. Article 16 Registering Subjects (1) Students are required to sign up for the subjects in their study programme. (2) Registering subjects is usually carried out by students in two stages, by the dates set in the schedule for the academic year. The first stage (except the future first-year students) is held in April, the second stage is on the day of enrolment to study. Students choose their subjects from the offer published by the faculty in March of the current year. 3) Signing up for the subjects shall be carried out in the following order: a) students of the faculty/the MBU, for whom the subject is mandatory and students from other universities for whom completing the subject is imposed under the contract (learning agreement), b) students of the faculty/the MBU who registered their subject as compulsory elective subjects, c) students of the faculty/the MBU, for whom the subject is elective, d) students of other faculties of the MBU who registered their subject as elective subjects. (4) Students can be refused to enrol on the subject taught in the faculty/the MBU, only due to not passing the conditional subjects, if this connection is provided in the information sheet and due to capacity reasons. The guarantor of the study programme approves the minimum and the maximum number of students (the capacity of the subject) who may be registered on the subject proposed by the guarantor. (5) After evaluating the first stage of students sign-up for the subjects, the faculty will publish the list of subjects that will be taught in the following academic year. By the specified date the student enrols for the academic year by confirming the registered subjects in the electronic form of the AIS.l e. Article 17

17 Communication with Students 1. During the academic year, the study related communication with students is provided by the study administration office, coordinators of the credit study system, a coordinator for the students with special needs, study consultants and departments. 2. The study department provides in particular: a) communication with applicants for study and administrative processing of the admission procedure, b) handling suggestions, complaints and students requests of all forms and degrees of study, c) managing the study documentation d) advisory, administrative, information, organisational and control activities in the issues of study. (3) A coordinator of the credit study system (hereinafter referred to as the study) carries out mainly the following tasks: a) participates in the preparation of agreements (contracts) about cooperation in educational activities and students contracts about their study abroad, b) addresses academic and administrative issues associated with the mobility of students, c) consults students about their opportunity to study at the faculties of the MBU or other universities in Slovakia and abroad, d) participates in preparation and distribution of information about the study and the study programmes offered. (4) A coordinator for the students with special needs: a) provides information about the study possibilities for the people with special needs, b) participates on creating the study conditions for the people with special needs. (5) A tutor provides students with information and advice on preparing their personal study plans and solving their study problems, in collaboration with their study coordinator. (6) communication among students, educational and non-educational employees of the MBU is carried out from the UMB allocated addresses to students. The students requests, attached with the necessary documents, addressed to the competent departments of the UMB/the faculties, will be accepted in printed form in accordance with the rules of writing documents. Part IV MONITORING STUDY AND EVALUATING QUALITY OF STUDY RESULTS

18 Article 18 Monitoring Study 1. Assessment of students study results within their subject is provided by the continuous assessment during the tutorial part of the semester (test questions, written tests, individual tasks, semester papers (works), laboratory protocols, seminar papers, etc.) and based on the final completion of their study obligations. 2. The forms of assessment and their share in the overall assessment of the study are set out in the information sheet of the subject. The sum of the shares in the individual forms of evaluation makes 100% of the overall assessment of the study subject. 3. Completing the subject is usually assessed by a grade. The grade expresses the quality of acquired knowledge or skills in accordance with the subject objectives set out in the subject information sheet. 4. The grades assessment is implemented based on a percentage of students overall success in all forms of their study results in the context of the subject according to the classification scale consisting of six classification grades: a) (100 94%)- distinguished (outstanding results) = 1, b) B (93 87%)- excellent (above average) = 1.5, c) C (86 80%)- good (average results) = 2, d) D (79 73%) - satisfactory (acceptable results) = 2.5, e) E (72 65%) - passing (results meet only minimum criteria) = 3, f) FX (64% and less) - fail (further work is required) = Each evaluated subject has an allocated number of credits in the study programme that the student receives after the successful completion. A student of the study programme has completed the subject if he/she signed it up and his/her results were assessed with any of the classification grades from A to FX. A student obtains credits for the subject, if his/her results were assessed with any of the classification grades from A to E. 6. The head of the work department arranging the subject is responsible for publishing a sufficient number of terms and their compliance. In case of illness or a business trip of an examiner, the head of the subject department is obliged to arrange his/her replacement. 7. Proven dishonesty while carrying out study obligations a student shall result in an assessment with FX grade - failed. Cheating while carrying out the study obligations is considered to be a disciplinary offence.

19 8. The person responsible for the subject assessment writes the results of the completion of the study obligations in the AIS within specified deadlines. 9. If a student did not receive credits for the subject in the first assessment period or did not attend the first assessment period, he/she is entitled to the second/alternative assessment. Requirements for the successful completion of the subject in the second/alternative assessment are determined by the guarantor of the subject and announced to students at the beginning of semester by their lecturer. Failure to meet the requirements in the second/alternative assessment is registered in the AIS by the lecturer. The lecturer has to properly designate the second /alternative assessment in the AIS. 10. A student with serious health or personal issues who is unable to perform his/her study obligations by the specified time, may perform his/her obligations in another specified time upon the agreement to a written request. Article 19 Check Stages 1. The Study department checks the students study course after completing a part of the study set by the study programme or the study regulations. The forms of checking during the study course are presented by the study check stages designed by the study regulations of the MBU or the faculty, if the study programme takes place at the faculty. 2. If a student of Bachelor's or Master's/Engineer s degree wants to continue in the study he/she is obliged: a) to pass at least two mandatory subjects in the first semester of the study programme, b) to obtain the minimum number of credits required for the enrolment to higher year of Bachelor s or Master s/ Engineer s study according to Article 12 Paragraph 2 of this document. c) to participate in the annual enrolment for the following academic year on the dates specified by the study time schedule. (3) A Doctoral candidate meets the conditions for continuing in the studies if: a) he/she has the minimum of 40 credits in the first year of full-time study, 32 credits in the external study, b) he/she passes the dissertation exam in the due course within 18 months of full time study at the standard study length of 3 years and within 24 months of the standard length of 4 years; in the external study within 24 months of the standard length of 4

20 years and within 30 months of the standard length of 5 years from the date of enrolment for the study; c) he/she attends the annual study assessment at the training place of Doctoral candidate within dates specified by personal curriculum. Article 20 The Weighted Study Average 1. The weighted study average is used to assess the students overall study results in the determined study period. It is calculated for each student per an academic year and for the whole study course. 2. The weighted study average for all the subjects signed up by a student is calculated in the assessed period the way that the products of credits and the numeric assessments are summed up and the result is divided by the total number of credits achieved by students for the given period. (according to Article 18 Paragraph 4 of this document) 3. For the enrolled subjects that have not been passed by a student, the grade 4 is included in the weighted study average. The subjects that have not been assessed with any grade are not included in the weighted study average. 4. The weighted study average is mainly used for the overall assessment of the study programme, for the preferred choice of subjects due to capacity constraints, when deciding about scholarships, providing loans, in case of selecting students for an academic mobility, etc. Article 21 State Examinations 1. Each study programme has to include passing a state examination as one of the conditions for its successful completion. A state examination is the final thesis defence, which verifies the complexity of knowledge and competences gained by studying, the ability to think creatively and to solve specific problems of theory and practice of the specialisations. 2. Students who fulfil defined obligations set out in the study programme in their last year of study may register for state exams in the first assessment period specified by the study schedule. 3. State examinations shall be carried out in front of the examination board with at least four members. The course of state examinations and their results are publicly announced.

21 The examination board makes its decision on a state examination results at a closed session. 4. The members of the examination board at state examinations are university lecturers in positions of professors and associate professors and experts granted by the scientific board of the faculty, in case of Bachelor s study programmes also university lecturers in positions of assistant professors with the third degree university education. 5. The structure of the examination board to perform state examinations is determined by the selection of candidates entitled to examine, under Paragraph 4 of this Article for the study programmes at the faculty the selection is made by the Dean and for the study programmes at the MBU by the Rector. 6. At least two members of the examination board for state examinations are university lecturers in positions of professors or associate professors - in case of Bachelor's degree programmes at least one university lecturer in the position of a professor or an associate professor. For study programmes of the second and the third degree it is recommended that at least one member of the examination board for state examinations is from another faculty of the MBU or different university. 7. The result of the state examinations shall be assessed according to a six grade classification scale. A student passes a state examination successfully, if his/her result is among one of the classification grades, A to E inclusive. A student gains credits for a successful passing of the state examination. If a student fails, he/she can re-take the state examination at the earliest second/alternative assessment, or a maximum of two years after the end of the standard length of study. Article 22 The Final Theses 1. Students of Bachelor's or Master's/Engineer s study are required to choose the topic of the final thesis at least by the end of the penultimate year of their academic study and register within the date specified by schedule of the faculty through the AIS. 2. Applicants for the Doctoral study programme register the topic of their dissertation thesis by filing the application form for Doctoral studies. When the applicant is accepted for the Doctoral study programme, the Dean of the faculty determines a supervisor, the topic of dissertation thesis and the training work place.

22 3. The conditions of processing and defence of the final thesis, including its content, structure, and formal arrangements are governed by the internal regulation of the MBU faculty. 4. Students hand in the final thesis within the deadline laid down in the schedule of the academic year of the faculty. 5. The final thesis is published and available to public by means of the central register of the final theses. Article 23 The Overall Study Assessment 1. The overall study assessment of the study programme is carried out after completing all obligations set by the study programme, including passing the state examinations. 2. The overall study assessment is expressed by the following grades: a) pass with honours, b) pass. 3. Each degree of university study shall be assessed separately. A student is assessed with the grade of "pass with honours", if his/her weighted study average for the first degree study programme attains the maximum of 1.30 or the second degree study programme attains the maximum of 1.30 and if he/she was assessed A (1) at the state examination. In other cases, a student is assessed the grade of "pass". 4. A student of Doctoral study is assessed the grade of "pass with honours" if his/her weighted study average of all parts of his/her dissertation exam (the first part of the state examination) attains the maximum of 1.5 and if his/her assessment of defending the dissertation thesis (the second part of the state examination) is classified A (1). In other cases, a student is assessed the grade of "pass". 5. For excellent study results achieved during their study, students may be granted an award by the Dean of the faculty, according to the internal regulation of the faculty or an award by the Rector of the MBU, if the student s weighted study average is no more than 1.1 including for the entire period of study. Part V CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF STUDY AND THE COMPLETION OF STUDY Article 24 Change in Study Programme

23 1. If the conditions specified in the study regulations of the faculty are met, students have the right to change their study programme within the same or related specialisations (field of study) at the UMB or another university if they requested so in writing. In case of a change to a study programme the conditions for enrolment are edited in Article 10 Paragraphs 4, 5, 6 of this document. 2. The requests of students are decided by the Dean for the study programmes at the faculty. For the study programmes at different faculties of the UMB, the approvals of both Deans are necessary for the students requests. Article 25 Interruption of Study 1. Students may apply for the interruption of their studies: a) due to serious medical or other personal reasons of long-term nature, even repeatedly, for the maximum of two years, b) without giving any reason, for the maximum of one year and only after meeting the conditions to proceed to the next year of study. 2. Students submit their request for study interruption in the study department after enrolment into the year of study. Their study interruption is approved by the associate Dean for tutorial activities of the study programme at the faculty. Their study interruption is approved by the Vice-Rector for tutorial activity of the study programme at the MBU. 3. It is not possible to interrupt studies if a student has not met the conditions necessary to proceed to the next period of their study within the time limit specified by the schedule of the academic year or the study regulations. It is not possible to interrupt their study without a serious reason during the tutorial part of the semester and during the period for completing their study obligations in the semester. 4. Study interruption of Doctorate students, who signed up for the topic of their dissertation thesis published by an external educational institution (Article 54 Paragraph 12 of the Act on Universities), is approved by the Dean or the Rector in accordance with Paragraph 2 of this Article, after the positive statements of the director of an external educational institution. 5. If a student interrupts their studies in the academic year, in which he/she is required to pay tuition fees, he/she will be enrolled again after the payment of the tuition fees has been processed. A student who has been suspended, stops being a student on the day of suspension and becomes a student again from the date of re-enrolment for the study.